[KDE Security Advisory] KOffice/KWord RTF import buffer overflow

[Dirk Mueller]

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KDE Security Advisory: KWord RTF import buffer overflow
Original Release Date: 2005-10-11
URL: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051011-1.txt

0. References

CAN-2005-2971
CESA-2005-005

1. Systems affected:

All KOffice releases starting from KOffice 1.2.0 up to
including KOffice 1.4.1.


2. Overview:

Chris Evans reported a heap based buffer overflow in
the RTF importer of KWord.

3. Impact:

Opening specially crafted RTF files in KWord can cause
execution of abitrary code.


4. Solution:

Source code patches have been made available which fix these
vulnerabilities. Contact your OS vendor / binary package provider
for information about how to obtain updated binary packages.


5. Patch:

Patch for KOffice 1.4.1 is available from=20
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :

9f77b327119fd1db0752dab785e2a975 post-koffice-1.4.1-rtfimport.diff

Patch for KOffice 1.3.5 is available from=20
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :

71a1baa8244dbcc1bfc2bd3c3e3dd40f post-koffice-1.3.5-rtfimport.diff

Patch for KOffice 1.2.1 is available from=20
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :

b36488a186aded0f5e812397af3c689a post-koffice-1.2.1-rtfimport.diff




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